1917 Bucknell football team

The 1917 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach George Johnson, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record.[1]

1917 Bucknell football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh     10 0 0
Williams     7 0 1
Yale     3 0 0
Princeton     2 0 0
Syracuse     8 1 1
Army     7 1 0
Rutgers     7 1 1
Penn     9 2 0
Brown     8 2 0
Fordham     7 2 0
Lehigh     7 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Swarthmore     6 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 3 0
Colgate     4 2 0
Harvard     3 1 3
New Hampshire     3 2 2
Dartmouth     5 3 0
Geneva     5 3 1
Penn State     5 4 0
Buffalo     4 4 0
NYU     2 2 3
Tufts     3 3 0
Carnegie Tech     2 3 1
Bucknell     3 5 1
Lafayette     3 5 0
Holy Cross     3 4 0
Rhode Island State     2 4 2
Carlisle     3 6 0
Columbia     2 4 0
Delaware     2 5 0
Cornell     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     2 6 0
Villanova     0 3 2
Temple     0 6 1

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Mansfield NormalLewisburg, PAW 25–0[2]
October 6SwarthmoreLewisburg, PAW 16–7[3]
October 13at ColgateUtica, NYL 0–24
October 20at PennL 6–205,000[4]
October 27at CornellL 0–20[5]
November 3CarlisleLewisburg, PAW 10–0[6]
November 10at SyracuseL 0–42[7]
November 17vs. GettysburgHarrisburg, PAT 6–6[8]
November 29at DickinsonCarlisle, PAL 0–7[9]

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Bucknell Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bucknell University. p. 134.
  2. ^ "First Game of the Season". The Lewisburg Journal. September 28, 1917. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Bucknell Beats Swarthmore". The Pittsburgh Press. October 7, 1917. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Penn's Smashing Attack Sweeps Bucknell To Defeat, 20 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1917. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Cornell Downs Bucknell, 20 to 0". New York Tribune. October 28, 1917. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Bucknell Defeats Carlisle". The Pittsburgh Press. November 4, 1917. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Syracuse Hands Bucknell Jolt". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1917. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Gettysburg Ties Up With Bucknell". The Courier. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1917. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Dickinson Wins and Keeps Record Clean". The Evening News. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. November 30, 1917. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.